The Government is expected to make a strong pitch for the passage of a host of pending and fresh Bills in the Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning Monday.
The Bills pending in the lok Sabha include the Indian Trust (Amendment) Bill, 205 (agreeing to amendments made by the Rajya Sabha),the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts laws and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Bill, 2016 (after report is presented by the joint committee) and those in Rajya Sabha include the Whistle Blowers Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2015, the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2016, the Regional Centre for Biotechnology Bill, 2016 and The Enemy Property (Amendment & Validation) Bill, 2016.
Besides the pending legislations in RS, including the Child labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2012, the Homeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2015 and the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty second Amendment) Bill, 2014 that is GST bill.
Bills for Introduction are the he High Courts (Alteration of Names) Bill, 2016,the Institute of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2016, and the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Bill, 2016 and the Use and regulation of DNA based technology in Civil and Criminal Proceedings, Identification of Missing Persons and Human Remains Bill, 2016
Discussion and Voting on Supplementary Demands for Grants (General) for 2015-16 is part of the business agenda, according to the Government.
The Parliamentary affairs Minister Ananth kumar said that the Government assured the leaders of an open minded approach and would facilitate discussion on issues raised by various parties during Sunday’s all party meeting.
He said the Congress has assured support to legislative proposals based on merits. The Minister said that the Government was hopeful of a productive session. Government’s legislative agenda includes 16 Bills to be taken up during in the session, including three Bills to replace Ordinances.
On the GST, Government Ministers have engaged Congress leaders in discussion with the former expecting that the Constitution amendment bill would find its passage through the upper house. The bill has already been passed by the lok Sabha.